Why do we have Christmas?

By Fr. Shay Cullen

Dec 25, 2022 12:21 am

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A LITTLE child named Maria once asked, 'Mama, why do we have Christmas?' Each of us should have an answer to that, but many do not. Maria was told, 'It is a time when we learn from Jesus to help others who have less than us.'

Later that day, her mother saw Maria giving her lunch and her toy to a beggar child at their gate. She knew Christmas was not only about receiving gifts but about giving them and learning important truths that would last for life.

Children admire a ‘belen,’ or Nativity scene, that is part of the Belenismo sa Tarlac in Tarlac City, Tarlac province in December 2022. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN

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